1. According to @[email protected], textbook publishers are trying to indoctrinate students by incorporating "woke" concepts into social studies textbooks
But DeSantis has provided few details
So we've obtained Florida's reviews of the textbooks
Follow along if interested
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@[email protected] 2. Many reviews are performed by right-wing activists from the Florida Citizens Alliance
"Florida children are being indoctrinated in a public school system that undermines their individual rights and destroys our nation’s founding principles and family values," the group says.
@[email protected] 3. One reviewer of a 1st Grade text, Social Studies Alive!, determined that the textbook was in "very poor/no alignment" with the Florida law that prohibits instruction of gender identity.
Why?
The textbook's "photographs and graphics include homosexual...couples."
@[email protected] 4. Another initially rejected textbook for 6th-8th grade was Civics Alive! One reviewer who did not recommend the text claims that "the discussion of lesbianism… [is] inappropriate for the middle school classroom."
According to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), textbook publishers are attempting to indoctrinate Florida students by incorporating "woke" concepts into social studies textbooks — in violation of state laws prohibiting certain kinds of instruction on race and gender. The DeSantis administration says it is scrutinizing these textbooks for "
@[email protected] 5. This is the entire "discussion of lesbianism" within the textbook:
"LGBTQ candidates have also made some headway gaining governmental positions. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin became the first lesbian elected to the Senate in 2012"
@[email protected] 6. The same review concludes that the "reference of LGBTQ court cases" is an example of "liberal bias" that is inconsistent with state standards.
This is the only LGBTQ-related court case referenced in the textbook:
@[email protected] 8. One middle school social studies textbook, Florida US History Advanced, was not rejected by the state but did have several issues flagged by a reviewer.
The reviewer writes that "Slavery image on pg. 444 may violate the statute relating to guilt of future generations."
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@juddlegum I love reading your newsletter but I do have one request.
I view emails in simple HTML so there are no pictures. I know there also has to be visually impaired readers out there that can't see images.
Would you please consider adding descriptions of images in your posts for those of us who don't or can't view images? Just a little blurb underneath saying what the image is. This could help make your work more inclusive.
Thank you for the consideration!
@theothersimo @juddlegum
I agree that there is pressure on the publishers.
I can see that at least one court case would be necessary for publishers to get a ruling on what De Santis is doing here.
Looks like De Santis would accept a reviewer claiming that the use of black coloured ink causes them feelings of guilt about being white.
I doubt a court would allow the current approach by De Santis to continue.
And a court case would be more spectacle for De Santis to publicise his campaign in.
@juddlegum This picture is anachronistic if the time period in question is during slavery.
From nps.gov: In 1882, Thomas Edison helped form the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of NY, which brought electric light to parts of Manhattan. But progress was slow. Most Americans still lit their homes with gas light and candles for another fifty years. Only in 1925 did half of all homes in the U.S. have electric power.
@juddlegum All of world history relates to guilt of future generations. How is anyone supposed to learn it?
Incidentally, it is this lack of guilt by future generations that allows neo-Nazis to parade their prejudices from highway bridges...
JFC. Maybe if you want to avoid future generation guilt, try not to do terrible things?
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